Woodworking-machine.



No. 667,847. Patented Fab. I2, I90I. H. W. MORGAN.

WDUDWGRKING MACHINE.

(Appnation med' Mgy a, 189s.) (No Model.) 4 Sheets-Shet l.

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WODDWUHKING MACHINE.

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WOODWURKING MACHINE.

Application led May 3, 1898,) (No Model.) 4 Shoets-Sheet 4.

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HENRY W. MORGAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

WOODWORKINGNIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,847, dated February12, 1901.

Application filed May 3, 1898. Serial No. 679,630. (No modeLl To all11171/0717, t may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY W. MORGAN, of Roch ester, in the county ofMonroe and State ot New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Woodworking-Machines; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the reference characters marked thereon.

My present invention relates to woodworking-machines, and particularlyto that class used for tonguing and grooving matched boards; and it hasfor its object to simplify and improve the construction of this class ofdevices, whereby they are particularly ad apted for operating on smallboards or pieces, such as are used in the making of boxes, and wherebyalso the construction is simplified and but one cutter-shaft isrequired; and to these and other ends the invention consists in theimprovements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof this specification.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a matcher constructedin accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same;Fig. 3, a plan View; Fig. 4, a sectional View on the line o; a of Fig.3; Fig. 5, a sectional view on the line b b of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, asectional view on the line c c of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a sectional view onthe line cl d of Fig. 2; Fig. 8, a sectional view on the linee e of Fig.2.

Similar reference characters in the different figures indicate similarparts.

In the present embodiment of my invention l have shown the machine asbeing double-that is to say, embodying two similar machines, one adaptedfor grooving one side of the boards and the other mechanism for cuttingthe tongue-and as the various mechanisms with the exception of thecutter, are the same, I have deemed it necessary to show the details ot'but one cutter and one set of feeding-rolls. The main frame embodies theside plates 1, having suitable supporting-legs and connected bycross-bars 2 and 3, the former being arranged nearer the center of themachine and having journal-boxes in which operates the cutter-arbor 4,having a driving-pulley 5 thereon. 'lhis arbor has at each end a rotarycutting-head 6, the one shown in Figs. 4and 5 being adapted for cuttingthe groove in a matched board A andthe Glitter at the opposite endembodying two similarcutters,separated,howcver,byaspace, so as to formthe tongue on the lower edge of the board. The outer sides of the mainplates 1 are provided with angular brackets 7, (shown particularly inFigs. 1, 2, and 8,) and through the lower portions of these bracketsextend adjusting-screws 9, having lockingnuts thereon and carrying attheir upper end the bed-plate or work-support 11, provided with asuitable aperture at the center for the passage of the cutter, saidwork-support also having brackets 12 attached thereto, with whichcooperate securing-bolts 13, passing through slots in the bracket 7 andserving to hold the support when adjusted, as shown in Fig. 8.

14indicates the inner feed-rolls (three being employed in the presentinstance) keyed to the upper ends of the vertical shafts 15, supportedin bearings formed in a frame 16, said frame being adjustable on anges17 on the sides of the main frame by means of a suitable adjusting-screw18 screwing into said frame 16 and passing loosely through a verticalextension 19 ofthe cross-bar 2, but prevented from longitudinal movementin the latter, as shown particularlyin Fig. 4. This frame 1G is rigidlysecured in adjusted position by setscrews 20 passing through slots inthe top of said frame and entering the flanges 17, and theadjusting-screw 18 is also secured rigidly by a set-screw 21. All thesaid screws just described are provided with hand-wheels, as shown, forconvenience oi' operation. The lower ends of the vertical shafts 15 areprovided With beveled gears 22, meshing with corresponding beveled gears23, splined upon shafts 24 and longitudinally movable thereof. Theshafts 24 are operated through suitable gearing from a pinion 25,secured to a beltpulley 26, (shown in Fig. 2,) and said belt-- pulley isdriven by a belt 27 from a pulley 28 on a counter-shaft 29, on which thefast and loose pulleys 30 and 31 are mounted, a suitable belt-tightener32 being employed, as shown.

33 indicates the outer or adjustable press- IOO ing and feedingmollssecured to the upper ends of shafts 34, mounted in separate adjustableframes 35, the lower ends of said shafts being provided with beveledpinions 36, meshing with pinions 37, splined upon the shafts 24 andadjustablezlongitudinally thereof 'wiith the frames 35, carrying theshafts. As a means for holding the gears 22, 23, 36, and 37 in mesh andto enable the gears 23 vandf 37'lto-f'be adjusted longitudinally of theshaft 24 When the rollframes or either of them is adjusted I provide thegears 22 and\36 with the `overhanging flanges 38, as shown particularlyin.

tween the casting carrying the vertical shaftl and the gear movable onthe horizon tal shaft.-

A separate frame 35 is provided for each of the outer adjustablerolls,.,said frames being provided Withthe rearwardly-extending portions40, operatingin guides or Ways formed upon the frame 41, which latter ismovable upon flanges or Ways 42 on the sides-of the main frame andadapted to be clamped rigidly thereon by gibs 43, held in position byyscrews 44. This frame 41 is. bodily adjustable by means of an adjlisting-screw 45, journaled loosely in the downwardly-extending 'armfonthe/frame and entering a correspondingly-threaded aperture in thecross-piece 3 of the main frame and'provided with' an operating-handle46. Each' of the roll-frames 35 -is provided with a rearwardly-extendingguide-rod l47, passingthrough thedowvnwardl extension of the frame 41and is pressed toward the coperating stationaryy roll by a spring48,'encirclingsaid rod and engaging the frame 40 and also a pin orcollar 490mv the rod. From thisiconstruction it will-be.

seen that the outer free rolls are permitted to yield independently andadjust themselves to the work operated upon, holding the latter` firmlybetween the rolls 14 and 33'and vfeeding it over the cutters.4 The wholeseries of! arranged on thev counter-shaft 29,-a suitableVbelt-'tightener being employed embodying an arm 52, pivoted to the mainframe at A53, carrying ,a tightener-pulley 54 and having a slot` 55,through which passes the clamping-bolt 56, as shown in Figs-2 and'5'.

Inv `the machine shown all the necessary adjustments may be accomplishedquickly, the construction of the parts is simple, and but aA singlecutter-arbor is employed for cutting both the male and female members ofthe matched boards. As the' cutter is arranged below the work-supportand the axes of the feeding-,rollers are vertical, there is nonecessityof changing the gage for boards of different widths.

The machine is particularly adapted for matching-the vedges of boardsforming the covers-and Abottoms of boxes and is found to be admirablyadapted for the purpose, al-

though with slight modifications it could beA usedfor other classes ofwork,such as m atched flooring.

I claim as my inventionl; In a woodworking-machine, the combination with.the main frame, and a Work-support vertically adjustable thereon, and acutter-head, of a pair of vertically-extending feed-rolls mounted inbearings secured to the main frame, one roller being located on eachside of the center of the cutter, a pair of opposingvertically-extending feed-rolls opposite the other feed-rolls, a frameadjustable Y on the main frame, separate frames carrying thelast-mentioned feed-rollers, and means for movably supportingsaid'frames on the adjustable frame whereby` the movable rollers areheld 'parallel to the stationary rollers, and springs interposed betweenthe separate frames and adjustable frame allowing the former toyieldindependently of each other 7and of the adjustable frame, substantiallyas described.

I 2.` In a Woodworking-machine, the combination with the main frame, avertically-adijustable work-support thereon, and a cutterlhead, of theframe 16' adjustable upon the main frame, the vertically-extendingshafts imounted therein having feed-rolls at their iupper ends, theframe 41 mounted on the main iframe and having the guides, the screw 45Efor adjusting it, the independent frames 35 sli'dingkin the guides onthe frame41, the verjtical feed-'rolls 33 mounted therein, and vthesprings48'arranged between the frames 35 `and frame 4l, substantially asdescribed.

` 3. In a woodworking-machine,the combination with the main frame, theframe 16 adj ustable thereon, means for securing it in adjustedposition, the work-support and the cutter-head, lof the shafts mountedin the frame 16 having the feed-rolls at one end and thevbeveledgearsthereon, the shafts 24, the beveled 'gears thereon splined to the shaftand adjustable longitudinally thereof, one gear of each pair having anoverhanging flange at the outer periphery, to` engage and move thecoperating gear longitudinally of the shaft when the frame is adjusted.

4. The combination with the main frame and feeding-rolls thereon, theframe 41, the separate frames 35 adjustably supported in rigid guides onthe frame 41 and springs in- IOO IIO

terposed between them and the frame 41, of the driven feeding-rollsjournaled in the frames 35, and means Vfor adj Listing,r the frame 4l onthe main trame, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the main frame embodying the sides and thecross-bars 2 and 3, the cutter-arbor and the adjustable Worksupport, ofthe frame 10, adjustable on the main frame, the feed-rolls mountedthereon, the adjustable frame Hil having the rigid guides, theindependent frames movable in the guides on the frame il and drivenfeedrollers mounted thereon,and Springs arranged between the frames 35and All, substantially as described.

6. In a Woodworking-machine, the combination with the main frame, aplurality oi' vertical feed-rollers mounted thereon having;I beveledgears, and a plurality of drivingshafts having` gears thereon meshingwith the gears on the feed-rollers, of an adjustable frame, a pluralityof independent rollerframes movable on the adjustable frame, and springsbetween them and the last-mentioned frame, a plurality of Feed-rollersin the independent frames having, beveled gears thereon, and beveledgears splined to and movable upon the driving-shafts, said gears havingIoverhanging flanges for causinp; the movement of the gears on thedriving-shafts as the feed-rollers are adjusted and yield against thetension of their springs.

7. The combination with the main frame having the cross-bar 2, -thecutter-arbor, the cutter thereon, and the work-support, of the frame 41adjustable on the main frame, havin gthe Ways on its upper side, thebearingrames 55, having the extensions 40 movable in said ways, springsinterposed between the frames 35 and All, and the driven feed-rollsjournaled in the frames 35, substantially as described.

8. The combination with the main frame having the cross-bar 2, thecutter-arbor, the cutter thereon and the work-support, of the adjustableframe 41 having` the Ways thereon, a plurality of vertically-extendingframes 35 having the extensions 40 operating in the Ways, the verticalshafts journaled in the frames 35, the feed-rolls on the shafts, andindependent pressing devices for the frames 35 arranged between them andthe frame 41, substantially as described.

HENRY W. MORGAN.

VJitnesses:

F. F. CHURCH, G. A. RODA.

